Dagbon Traditional Council bans drumming and dancing

The Dagbon Traditional Council has placed a ban on traditional drumming and dancing in the Dagbon area until the interment of Ya-Na Yakubu Andani II, the Over Lord of Dagomba Traditional Area, who was assassinated on 26 March and the subsequent installation of a regent.

A statement issued at the end of an emergency meeting of the Dagbon Traditional Council said: "In accordance with Dagbon custom, no traditional drumming and dancing takes place anywhere in Dagbon on the death of a Ya-Na since the whole of Dagbon is in a state of mourning until his interment and the subsequent installation of a regent."

The statement appealed to the Commander of the Military Taskforce in the area to enforce the ban until a regent is enskinned to run the affairs of the Dagbon Kingdom.